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Jillian Findlay

Deep Sea Otter, Sea Otter, Sea Ocean Animals, Sea Monsters, Sea Species, Sea creatures,... - 0 views

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  • Where Do Sea Otter Live?
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    Deepseawaters HomeDeep Sea Animals Common Name: Sea Otters Scientific Name: Enhydra lutris What Is Sea Otter? What Do Sea Otter Eat? Where Do Sea Otter Live? How Do Sea Otter Reproduce? What Makes Them Unique? What Do They Look Like? What Is Their Status? Why Are Sea Otters At Risk?
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Otter's Role in the Ecosystem - The Otter Project - 0 views

  • Sea otters are the textbook example of a "keystone" carnivore
  • dramatically change the structure and complexity of their ecological community
  • increase diversity and productivity
Jillian Findlay

Information and photos of desert elephants in Namibia, Africa - 0 views

  • adapted to their dry, semi-desert environment by having a smaller body mass with proportionally longer legs and seemingly larger feet than other elephants. Their physical attributes allow them to cross miles of sand dunes to reach water. They have even been filmed sliding down a dune face to drink at a pool in a desert oasis.
  • They survive by eating moisture-laden vegetation growing in ephemeral riverbeds and with their ability to go several days without drinking water. Sometimes they must travel long distances to reach a water source. By living in smaller than average family units of only two or three animals, they decrease pressure on food and water resources. Researchers have noted that they destroy fewer trees than elephants living in higher rainfall areas in other parts of Africa.
  • When over-hunting in the 1900s disrupted elephant herds in the Kunene Region and reduced the population to remnants which survived in the sparsely populated and distant northwestern areas, some of the remaining elephants might have remembered their former ranges further south. Perhaps that is why they returned in 1995-6 to the Ugab River. Or maybe they were simply expanding their range after excellent rains which produced an abundance of lush vegetation.
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  • While elephants were absent from the southern reaches of the Kunene region, people forgot they had once roamed the area. People moving in from other places in Namibia were unhappy about sharing their water, and and other resources with these giants that require lots of space, water and food. Many have become more accepting, as they learn about the potentials for deriving an income from the elephants' presence. But there is still a long way to go to develop and realize those potentials.
  • Loxodonata africana africana
Su su L

Honorsbiologyreviewgroup5 - Snow Leopards ! Evolution - 0 views

  • a majestic animal put in danger by deadly violence
  • he snow leopard is highly poached for their pelts. The cats are also killed for traditional Chinese medical uses where the bones and body parts of the leopard are required. Live cats are sometimes captured from the wild for private animal collections in Central Asia. Poaching is the main cause of why Snow Leopards are endangered today.
  • a combination of habitat loss, loss of prey and poaching is putting the snow leopard on the endangered list.
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  • pushing against the snow leopards habitat with livestock and are degrading the places where they live freely. This causes overgrazing and damages the grasslands leaving less food for the snow leopards main source of food.
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Lion - Panthera leo - 0 views

  • gazelles, buffalo, zebras and many other small to medium sized mammals.
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Blue Planet Biomes - Plants - 0 views

  • Plants play the most important part in the cycle of nature. Without plants, there could be no life on Earth. They are the primary producers that sustain all other life forms. This is so because plants are the only organisms that can make their own food. Animals, incapable of making their own food, depend directly or indirectly on plants for their supply of food. All animals and the foods they eat can be traced back to plants.
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Blue Planet Biomes - World Biomes - 1 views

  • A biome is a large geographical area of distinctive plant and animal groups, which are adapted to that particular environment. The climate and geography of a region determines what type of biome can exist in that region.
  • A biome is a large geographical area of distinctive plant and animal groups, which are adapted to that particular environment. The climate and geography of a region determines what type of biome can exist in that region.
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Blue Planet Biomes - Animals - 0 views

  • In order to study nature, scientists have classified the life forms in nature, or put them into groups. Organisms are classified according to how closely they are related. Large groups are broken down into smaller and smaller groups. A kingdom is the largest unit of classification. There are five kingdoms in nature. One of those kingdoms is Animalia, or the animal kingdom.
  • There are two main groups of animals: vertebrates and invertebrates. Vertebrates are a subgroup of the Phylum Cordata, or animals that have a spinal chord. These include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. You might not think it, but invertebrates, or animals without a spinal chord, make up most of the animal kingdom. These include sponges, jellyfish, worms, arthropods (insects, shrimp, spiders), mollusks (snails, clams, octopuses), and echinoderms (sea urchins, sea stars).
  • A habitat is any place where a particular animal or plant species lives. Examples of a habitat include a lake, a desert, or forest, or even a drop of water.
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  • There are several limiting factors in an environment which determine whether an organism can live in a particular environment. Limiting factors on land include temperature, water, light, competition, and soil. Every organism needs certain requirements for its survival.
Keion P

Lion - 0 views

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      I would like to do the lion, because I think its the king of the jungle ( :
  • Rich grasslands of East Africa to sands of Kalahari Desert, South Sahara to South Africa, excluding the Congo rain forest.  They avoid dense forests because prey is scarce.  Competition for Africa's grasslands by humans has drastically reduced the lions' range.
  • East Africa to sands of Kalahari Desert, South Sahara to South Africa, excluding the Congo rain forest.  They avoid dense forests bec
Jillian Findlay

biomes - 1 views

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Killer Whale - 0 views

    • Su su L
       
      I think we should talk about Killer Whale because it is a least talk about animals. 
Jillian Findlay

Alligator : Facts, Pictures, Video : Animal Planet - 0 views

  • They eat a variety of small prey, such as fish, turtles, snakes and small rodents, which they snap up and devour whole. Larger prey, like fully grown wild boars or even antelope
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      Alligators eat all sorts of different animals including wild boards, fish, turtles, and antelopes. 
Jillian Findlay

Animals - 1 views

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